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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Tree: AHP
Notes:
Berkhamsted Castle high-status residence and an administrative centre for large estates (including the Earldom of Cornwall)
1227, Henry III's younger brother, Richard of Cornwall, given manor and castle, beginning the long association of the castle with the Earls and later the Dukes of Cornwall.[77][78] [Notes 7] Richard redeveloped the castle as a palatial residence and the centre for the administration of the Earldom of Cornwall. Richard's coat of arms as Earl of Cornwall, along with bezants, is included in Berkhamsted's coat of arms
castle abandoned following death of Cicely Neville, Duchess of York, in 1495
historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, in Bulbourne valley, 26 miles (42 km) north-west of London
High Street is on a pre-Roman route known by its Saxon name: Akeman Street.
Berkhamsted - Anglo Saxon
The High Street is on a pre-Roman route known by its Saxon name: Akeman Street.[6] The earliest written reference to Berkhamsted was in 970. The settlement was recorded as a burbium (ancient borough) in the Domesday Book in 1086. The most notable event in the town's history occurred in December 1066. After William the Conqueror defeated King Harold's Anglo-Saxon army at the Battle of Hastings, the Anglo-Saxon leadership surrendered to the Norman encampment at Berkhamsted. The event was recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. From 1066 to 1495, Berkhamsted Castle was a favoured residence of royalty and notable historical figures, including King Henry II, Edward, the Black Prince, Thomas Becket and Geoffrey Chaucer.[7] In the 13th and 14th centuries, the town was a wool trading town, with a thriving local market. The oldest-known extant jettied timber-framed building in Great Britain, built between 1277 and 1297, survives as a shop on the town's high street.[8][9]Names - Anglo-Saxon Beorhðanstædæ
earliest recorded spelling of the town's name is the 10th century Anglo-Saxon Beorhðanstædæ. The first part may have originated from either the Old English words beorg, meaning "hill", or berc or beorc, meaning "birch"; or from the older Old Celtic word Bearroc,meaning "hilly place". The latter part, "hamsted", derives from the Old
English word for homestead. So the town's name could be either mean
"homestead amongst the hills" or the "homestead among the birches".[12][13]
Through history spellings of the town's name have changed. Local
historian Rev John Wolstenholme Cobb identified over 50 different
versions of the town's name since the writing of the Domesday Book
(such as: "Berkstead", "Berkampsted", "Berkhampstead", "Muche
Barkhamstede", "Berkhamsted Magna", "Great Berkhamsteed" and
"Berkhamstead".)[14]httpsarchiveorgstreamtwolecturesonhis00cobbrichpage104_Appendix_I]_15-0" class="reference">[15]" target="_blank">httpsarchiveorgstreamtwolecturesonhis00cobbrichpage104_Appendix_I]-15">[15]
The present spelling was officially adopted in 1937 when the local
council formally changed its name from Great Berkhampstead to
Berkhamsted
City/Town : Latitude: 51.76168015474835, Longitude: -0.5614500305565483
Media
| Histories |  | Biography: Richard, Earl of Cornwall 1209–1272 Richard’s coat of arms as Earl of Cornwall “argent, a lion rampant gules crowned or a bordure sable bezantée”. The “bezantée”, meaning gold coins, is a heraldic device later incorporated into heraldry of Duchy of Cornwall and into Berkhamsted’s coat of arms, granted to borough 1618. Carving of Richard’s heraldic shield can be seen… |
 | Augustus Smith of Berkhamsted. April 25, 2024 by Tony Steel | |
 | Augustus Smith | Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted Augustus Smith’s name is inscribed on the base of the cemetery foundation stone, listed as a churchwarden. His name is one of the best-known in Berkhamsted’s history, and he was clearly involved in the foundation of Rectory Lane Cemetery, and |
Birth
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | Tree | |
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| 1 |  (Smith-Dorrien) Smith-Dorrien-Smith, Lieutenant Thomas Algernon JP DL; Lord Proprietor of the Isles of Scilly | 7 Feb 1846 | I9988 | AHP |
| 2 | Smith-Dorrien, General Sir Horace Lockwood GCB, GCMG, DSO | 26 May 1858 | I15082 | AHP |
Married
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| Last Name, Given Name(s) |
Married |
Person ID | Tree | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | de Moels/DE BOTREAUX, Isabel yd and and co-heiress | I12608 | AHP |